National League for Democracy

The National League for Democracy (NLD) is a democratic socialist and liberal party in Burma, formed on 27 September 1988 by leading opposition activist Aung San Suu Kyi. The party has historically led the movement to achieve democracy in Burma since its foundation, and its 1990 victory in elections was disregarded by the military junta, which banned the party in 2010. However, on 13 December 2011 it registered as a political party and won elections in 2016, leading to Htin Kyaw being named the first civilian president in fifty years. In 2016, it held 135/224 seats in the House of Nationalities, 225/440 seats in the Burmese House of Representatives, 476/850 in the State and Regional Hluttaws, and 21/49 seats out of the Ethnic Affairs Ministers in a landslide victory for the party.